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Rm W AA R OD H m DU B No. 418,447. Patented Dec. 81, 1889.

WITNESSES W 'OC UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ONE-HALF TO DAVID M. ESTEY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUREAU-DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,447, dated December31, 1889. Application filed August 18, 1888. $erial No. 888,070- (Nomodel.)

To 'aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DWIGHT O. CLAPP, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Owosso, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Bureau -Drawers; andI-do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others :skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in bureau-drawers.

The object is to produce a bureau-drawer which shall be of suchconstruction that it will be prevented from binding from any cause, andwhich will cause the front of a bureau to present a neat and finishedappearance, for the reason that the drawers will fit snugly within theopenings formed for them, without leaving any space either at the sidesor top.

WVith these objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction andcombination of parts of a bureau-drawer, as will behereinafter fully described in the specification,illustrated in thedrawings, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1is a perspective view of a drawer, showing the upper edge of the frontbeveled; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of a part of a bureau,showing one edge of the parting-rails beveled.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bureau-drawer, which isconstructed in the peculiar manner embodied in the subjectmatter of anapplication for which Letters Patent, filed May 16, 1888, Serial No.274,040, are pending in the United States Patent Officethat is, havingthe sides dropped back so as to allow a flange a to extend beyond theface of the drawers to prevent the sides binding.

That portion of the drawer to which this specific improvement relatesconsists in the improved manner of constructing the outer end of thedrawer so as to prevent its binding upon the upper and lower sides ofthe drawer-front.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that the outer edge a ofthe drawer extends up some distance beyond the upper edges of the endpieces, as will be seen at a and this extended portion is beveledinward, as shown at a B designates one of the parting-rails, whichseparates two drawers, the under or upper surface of which is beveled,as shown at b. s that when the drawer is pushed "3 the inclined edge aof the front of the drawer will rest against the beveled or inclinedportion of the parting-rail. Now, in bureau-drawers of ordinaryconstruction, should the drawerfront swell from any cause, it will bearupon the parting-rail, thereby causing it to bind within the bureau,making it extremely difficult to pull out, rendering it necessary veryoften to use force, which tends to disfigure the furniture; but it willbe seen that by con structing both the parting-rail and the upper edgeof the drawer with a beveled edge, when the drawer is pushed in, shouldthe drawer-front swell, it would only tend to force the drawer out andnot cause it to bind. Thus the drawer may always be pushed in or pulledout with perfect case, while at the same time allowing it to present aneat and finished appearance when closed. It will also be seen that itwill be unnecessary to have a stop secured within the bureau for thedrawer to strike against, as the two beveled edges, when the drawer isclosed, form an effective stop and a perfect joint.

It will thus be seen that although this manner of constructing abureau-drawer is exceedingly simple, it will befound highly efficientand durable in use, and may be constructed at but a slight expense.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, with the casing carrying the strip having a beveledface, of the drawer having its front portion extending beyond and abovethe sides of the drawer and formed With an incline or bevel on theupward eX- my own I have hereunto affixed my signature tension thereof,whereby, the sides of the inipresence oftwo Witnesses. drawer areprevented from binding in the casing, and the incline of the strip anddrawer DWIGHT CLAPP' 5 form a close joint and prevent binding of theVitnesses:

front of the drawer, substantiallyas described. E. L. BREWER,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as EJR. SANFORD.

